THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1909.
ANTI-SALDONISTS
WEAK
LORRYING
place, although all refuse to be Inter
viewed for publication
Reed's friends got busy as soon as they
learned of the plan, and the agreement
being circulated la the result. Lorton has
already been appointed. Gllham Is slated
to succeed Mat Plies on the Board, the
appointment being expected In a few days. ,
I If enough Senators sign the agreement It!
will be up to Lorton and Gilham to orop
Kees or else go out of office themselves.
M'ARTHUR ENIGMA
TO HIS FRIENDS
Danger That Local Option Bill
May Not Pass Washington
Legislature.
WEAR - BEER REFERENDUM
Albany Emporiums Want People's
Opinion, on Ordinance.
ALBAXY. Or.. Jan. 13. Special.) To
force City Recorder F. M. Redfleld to
file a petition calling for a referendum
- ,... a Vuta I i a na sAnl1v
PLEDGES GOT NOT B NDING ; enacted by the City Council. Charles
ILUlVwl-w I nmnrfitnr nf the Franklin
House, a poolroom and near-beer empor
ium, filed a writ of mandamum In the
Stale Circuit Court today. Attorneys
Percy R. Kelly and L. M. Curl, who
represent the plaintiff, secured an order
from Judge William Gulloway at Mc
Jllnnvillo yesterday directing the Issuance
of the writ and It was issued and served
today. It directs City Recorder Redfleld
to file the petition or appear In the Cir
cuit Court next Saturday afternoon. Jan
uary 1. at 1 o'clock to show cause why
It should not be filed.
The City Council passed an ordinance
on December 29 prohibiting the sale of
noar-bef r In this city. It carried an emer-
Seems to Be Controlled by
Unseen Force, According to
Their Complaint.
Favorable Exnre5lon on Iair Not I
Hard to Evade First Class
Counties Making Hard Fight
on County Unit Provision.
OLTMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 1J. (Special.)
gome of ths members of the Senate
who are sincerely In favor of a local
option law are pessimistic concerning
the adoption of a bill by this session
of the Legislature, and least of all, an
effective measure.
The Anti-Saloon League Is attempt
ing to engineer the passage of a bill
prepared under Its direction, it Is said,
but Is not showing a deep knowledge
of legislative manipulation. The lead
ers have been content with pledges
from the members to the effect that
they are In favor of a local option biil.
This sort of a pledge. It is pointed out.
Is easily evaded.
Members of the Legislature who
came here with the Idea that carrying
out the Republican party's local option
pledge In some manner was a foregone
conclusion, and that the only fight to
be made by the breweries and liquor
dealers would be on the effectiveness
of the bill, have been surprised by the
strength of the movement against the
passage of any bill at all.
Pledges Often Ignored.
Refusal to carry out the rledges in
'the party platform on Important Issues
is not unprecedented In this state.
Adoption of a Railroad Commission
plank did not Insure the passage of a
Commission bill by the Legislature
next following the convention that In
dorsed the measure, and the Commis
sion bill was finally passed by a Legis
lature In the absence of a party plat
form Indorsement.
The Anti-Saloon League's local option
bill Is copied very closely from the
Illinois law. The principal exception,
and one that will arouse opposition
from some members who favor a rea
sonable measure, includes the county as
a unit, the Illinois act making cities,
towns and country precincts units for
liquor territory.
First Class Counties Oppose.
Opposition to .the county unit will
be strongest from the first-class coun
ties, where the country vote would be
likely to carry the balance of power
and put the large cities, that in them
selves would favor saloons, on the dry
list.
Among other features, the bill pro
vides fofelectlpns upon petition of 20
per cent of the Qualified voters, as
shown by the last preceding election.
It contains the provision that If a
county as a whole votes dry, every pre
cinct must' be dry; while if Vie county
as a whole votes wet. such precincts
as vote against the saloons shall be
dry.
Some consideration In the preparation
of the bill was given to the Oregon law.
which prohibits subsequent elections on
the issue In a district for two years
after It has voted dry, but places no
time limit on the next election in the
event the district votes wet.
It was decided not to Incorporate this
provision In the bill, and the two-year
limit is fixed In either event.
JnEW OFFICERS INSTALLED
Deputies and Clerks Announced for
Various Departments.
OLTMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 13. (Special.)
State officers-elect took their offices thin
morning. Treasurer George G. Mills
turned over the office with KT5.SL: .
in cash to Treasurer Lewis, who
appointed W. W. Sherman, of Raymond.
k-puty to succeed Jesse T. Mills, and
named Mrs. W. V. Sherman as stenog
rapher to succeed Mis Ruth Sypher.
Attorney-General John D. Atkinson re
tired and Attorney-General W. P. Bell
took office, and named as his assistants
"V. F. McGill. formerly of Kalama.
eorge A. Lee. of Spokane, and V. V.
Tanner, of Seattle.
J. H. Schlvely took charge of the newly
created office of Insurance Commissioner,
and earned & A. Madge, of Tacoina, as
oeputy. Ivte KerguMon. of Snohomish,
who has be-en stenographer six years In
the department as clerk, and his daughter
Flora I. Schlvely as stenographer. The
last Legislature, which created this of
fice, named this as the maximum num
ber of employes the office may employ
In future, but made no appropriation for
tlie time from now to April 1 next as
salary for the Commlloner or for his
clerk. Secretary of State Sam Nichols, E.
W. Ross. Commissioner of Public Lauds.
II. B. Dewey, Superintendent of Public
Kducatlon. and C. M. Clausen. Auditor,
re-elected, each reappointed his former
employes.
M. F. Gose. of Pomcroy, the newly ap
pointed Supreme Judge wired today he
would arrive Monday to begin his duties.
TANGLE OVER WARDENSHIP
Washlngtonlans May Loose Either
Prison Boss or Board of Control.
OLTMPIA. Wash., Jan. 13. (Special.)
I'niesa Eugene Lorton and Harry Gilham
wiil pledge themselves to prevent Cos
grove's reputed plan to reappoint Frank
Kees Warden of the Penitentiary, the
S'liate will probably refuse to confirm the
appointment of Lorton and Gilham as
members of the "State Board of Control.
Tonight one of the Senators friendly to
Reed Is quietly circulating an agreement
which every Senator approached le elgn
Ing. pledging themselves to this course.
Frank Keea was summarily removed by
Govemnor Mead from the superintend
ency of the Penitentiary because he was
charged with having sold grain bags to
peculators. When he finally was dis
charged, he went breathing vengeance
against Mead, and asserting his removal
vu solely for political purposes. Kees,
with Lorton and Mohundro, were the
three main lieutenants for Cosgrove dur
ing" the primaries. When Cosgrove was
elected. Keea resigned as traveling repre
sentative for a San Francisco house, and
ba.i since been waiting to be reappointed.
C. S. Reed, present superintendent, made
a good record as Police Chief of Seattle,
later on the Board of Control, and as
Superintendent of the State Training
School, and during his recent administra
tion of the prison.
Ke-s came here on the convening of the
LegVtature. and the rumor promplly
spread that ho was after the old position.
In fact, Cosgrove men here admit that
Kees has been practically promised the.
PAST ASSOCIATES SORE
AiBtxy r.iRL roninen OF
COLLEGIATE DKBAIi.VO
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Bliss Rhoda Stalnaker, of Albany
College. .
ALBANY. Or.. Jan. 10. (Spe
cial.) Miss Rhoda Stalnaker.
chosen president of the Girls'
Collegiate Debating League of
Oregon, was the originator of the
plan for this co-ed organization,
and it was largely due to her
efforts that Its formation has
been accomplished.
She was a member of the girls'
debating team at Albany College
last year, and the success of the
contest between Albany College
and Willamette University, which
was the first co-ed debate held
In the etate, prompted her to call
the meeting in this city last Sat
urday afternoon, which resulted
in the formation of the league.
A schedule of debates will soon
be arranged and the experiment
of an exclusively co-ed league,
will be tried In this state for the
first time this year. Miss
Stalnaker is a Junior in Albany
College and Is a popular student,
prominent In college activities.
Her home Is in this city.
gency clause and was signed by Mayor
Wallace on December SO. thus becoming
a law. On January 7 a petition signed
by more than 10 per cent of the voters
of Albany was presented to Recorder Red
field asking for a referendum vote on the
ordinance. The officer refused to file the
petition on the ground that the referen
dum cannot be invoked on a city ordi
nance earn ing an emergency clause.
If the referendum petition Is filed, a
vote could not be taken until the next
city election in December, so by the mere
filing of the petition the near-beer em
poriums would have 11 months more to
do business unless the City Council should
call a special election. The opponents
of the substitute drink will make strong
efforts to prevent the filing of the petition.
ESTATE MAY BE SETTLED
Contest Is "Withdrawn, tlie Heirs
Having Agreed to Compromise.
ALBANY. Or.. Jan. 13. (Special.) The
contest of the will of V. H. Caldwell, In
volving the dispostllon of a JT5.000 estate.
Is being compromised out of court. The
hearing was to have been resumed yes
terday in the Probate Court here, but It
was continued and the heirs admit that
the matter la being settled.
Negotiations have been In progress the
past two weeks, but' are not yet com
plete and nothing definite Is known as to
the terms of settlement. It is presumed
that each of the 14 children will receive an
equal portion after the bequests made In
tho will are paid. That the proposed set
tlement, whatever its terms, is satisfac
tory to the contesting heirs is shown by
the fact that several of the children who
have remained in this city to participate
In the further hearing of the contest
have loft for their homes.
Caldwell gave the bulk of his big estate
to seven children, cutting off the other
seven with $300 each. George "W. Cald
well, a Portland attorney, and William
Caldwell, of tills city, were named as
executors and also made trustees of a
S10.0P0 fund for charity. Almeda Cald
well, youngest daughter, and an Invalid,
contested the will. This hearing con
sumed four days and the contestants were
to have begun the introduction of fheir
evidence yesterday.
TWO MURDERS IN COUNTY
Both Fnlon County Slavers Acquit
ted on Self-Dcfens Plea.
LA GRANDE, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.)
Homicides in Union County during the
year IMS were limited to two, yet in
both Instances the murderers were acquit
ted on tho ground of self-protection.
Karly In January. 1M8. a miner In Baker
County had trouble with a blacksmith
Just over the line in Union County. A
dispute arose and was not settled un
til the blacksmith had been- killed. The
murderer, a stranger In Union County but
well known In Baker City, was acquitted
by a Union County Jury. The second
and last murder In this county was the
killing of a negro sheepherder named
Johnson, near Telocaset, last Fall. Moore,
a white employe oi the owner of the
flock of sheep over which tlie trouble
started, was abla to convince a Union
County Jury that he aid the crime In
self-defense.
Shoes at factory ocst. Rosenthal's.
Fulton Supporters and Other Antl
Chamberlaln Men Declare That
Speaker Before .Election '
Agreed Not to Oppose.
SALEM. Or., Jan. IS (Special.)
Speaker McArthur naa fceen an enigma
to his friends ince the hour of his ele
vation to the throne of the House last
Monday. They complain that Jie seems
controlled by some unseen force on tho
Chamberlain side. They are at a loss
to account for It.
Some of the very best chairmanships
In the House are evidently to be award
ed to Statement men and McArthur's
original supporters wi.o thought they
were first in line to handle the good
things, can only suck their fingers.
Couplet! with this disappointment as
to committees is apprehension over the
Speaker's course In the fight for United
States Senator. McArthur declined to
attend the antl-Chamberlaln caucus in
; Willamette Hotel Wednesday night and
l when pressed to go there retorted with
an impatient remark that ho would
manage his own affairs.
AVns Anti-Statement Candidate.
On the Statement No. 1 side Is unmis
takable satisfaction. There It Is an open
' secret at least an asserted fact that
! McArthur pledged himself before the
organization to Statement men not to
stand in the way of their Chamberlain
schemes. On this condition, McArthur
received support of Abbott and. Clemens,
of Multnomah, and, according to common
report, that of several other Statement
members.
McArthur was originally the candidate
of the anti-Cham berliin, anti-Statement
forces. He was put on the primary ticket
In Multnomah and nominated by that In
fluence. By the same influence, after his
election, he was made Secretary of the
state central committee. He was made
the candidate for Speaker by that same
Influence which, led by Fulton's friends,
conducted the Speakership campaign suc
cessfully for him.
Entanglements Alleged.
But It complains that It now finds
McArthur la not free from entangle
ments with the other side. According to
the version of Statement members, Mc
Arthur will name Abbott, one of their
number, chairman of ways and means,
and Clemens, of the same camp, chair
man of Insurance.
I By the same version, Dodds, of Wasco,
I also a Statement man, will head the com
mittee on railroads. Campbell, of Clack
amas, one of McArthur's steady op
ponents on the Statement side, won the
chairmanship of the resolutions commit
tee, by first catching the eye of the
Speaker with a resolution for such a
committee, although. McCue, of Clatsop,
anti-Statement, was supposed to be
staked out for that place and tried vainly
to win the Speaker's notice. It Is custom
ary to name that Representative chair
man of resolutions, whose resolution for
that committee is adopted by the House.
McCue's friends say that McArthur
could have recognized McCue's resolution
as first In line. They are at a loss to
understand this recognition of the Clack
amas man and say that Campbell, all
through the affairs of the House, has
received noticeable consideration from
the Speaker, to the neglect of his orig
inal friends.
Turn-Down for Brady.
One of the men whom McArthur
has turned down is Brady, of Multno
mah, first Statement man to support
him for Speaker. It was supposed that
Brady would be in line for "something
fine," In the way of chairmanships.
The position he wanted was head of
railroads, to which It has been general
ly supposed ( he would be appointed.
But McArthur has Informed Brady that
he cannot give him that chairmanship
and the word has gone out that Dodds,
of Wasco, is slated for the place.
Brady was unable even to secure a
13 clerkship for one of his friends.
He found Campbell and Orton. members
of the committee, on clerks, blocking
his way. Orton succeeded In placing
his wife In a clerkship which Brady
at one time had secured.
i
McCue-Bean Men Laugh.
Friends of McCue and Bean, who
were rivals of McArthur for the Speak
ership, are laughing' at the antl-Chamberlaln
leaders for failure of their ex
pectations in McArthur. The followers
of these two men say that Bean or Mc
Cue would have "played" the antl
CharmSerlaln game down the line to a
finish; that they are both anti-Statement
men and would not have compro
mised with Chamberlain's supporters
in order to win the Speakership.
The supposition is that McArthur. in
order to win votes from the Chamber
lain side, put himself under certain
obligations, which will necessitate his
handing some of his first friends a
"lemon" and will impair his usefulness
as a fighter of Chamberlain.
Duntway in Game.
In the deal between Abbott, Clemens
and McArthur, State Printer Duniway
was a party, and breathings of repri
sal are heard in the anti-Chamberlain
ramp.. Mr. Dunlway's hostility to Ful
ton and his avowed support of State
ment One are recognized as Influen
cing McArthur through Abbott and
Clemens.
It Is predicted that McArthur. in the
award of chairmanships and committee
places will treat Eastern Oregon Rep
resentatives with especial favor, for the
ascribed reason that he will in future
desire support of Eastern Oregon for
Representative In Congress..
Jamiiary Special C
ewe
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Best quality Table Oilcloth, all colors, worth
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. These Arm Rockers have cobbler seats, golden
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Best grade Roxbury Brussels in all colors and
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Ladies' Sewing Rockers $1.25
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Grand $85.00 Dining Table $49.00
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FABLE LURED IE
Skeletons in Wilderness Tell
Tragic Tale.
TIMMONS FOUND GUILTY
Marlon Jury Reports on AVlfe
Mnrderer After 35 Minutes.
S.tLEM, Or, Jan. 13. (Special.) A
Jury found C. Y. Timomna guilty of
murder in the first degree at .12:45
o'clock this afternoon after having
been out but 35 minutes. Tlmmons was
convicted of murdering his wife. Es
tella Tlmmons. on the night of October
21, 1908. He cut her throat with a ra
sor, beat her head with an ax and then
cut his own throat.
Tlmmons was visibly affected by the
verdict, and while being led to his cell
fell to the floor and wept. From the
fact that no stenographer was em
ployed In the case. It is alleged an ab
sence of transcript will make an appeal
Impossible.
BROTHER FINDS REMAINS
Tragedy of British Columbia Be
lieved to Be Sequel of Attempt to
liocate Famed "Mountain of
Gold" In Wild Country.
TELEGRAPH CREEK. B. C. Jan. 18.
A party "of prospectors has arrived
here direct from Nahahnl River, the
north tributary of the Liard River,
300 miles north of Telegraph Creek.
The party Is composed of J. Morrison,
William-Douglas. Dawson miners; C. J.
Young, O. B. Moore, Albert and Charlie
McLeod. They left Edmonton last May.
Charlie McLeod. who guided the party
through, tells a startling story which
is corroborated by the others of the
party, of the finding of the skeletons
of two men 90 miles up the Nahahni
River. "He is positive the remains are
those of his two brothers. Frank and
Willie, who left with Robert Weir and
started from Fort Simpson In tho Fall
of 1904, and went up the Nahahnl
prospecting. They have not been heard
of since.
Up to this time It was believed that
the men had continued their travels
northward, probably to the Yukon or
Tanana. McLeod Identified his broth
ers by a watch, a ring and parts of
their clothing. The remains of Weir
were not discovered. He was a stran
ger to the country and it is hardly
probable that he could make his way
out unaided. It is believed he Is also
dead.
The fact that the McLeod boys know
the country well and at this point were
only four day's travel from Fort Llard
leads those who found the remains to
believe that the men were murdered.
Charlie McLeod believes the Indians
could clear up the mystery, but he
found their stories were conflicting.
The McLeod boys were sons of Mur
dock,McLeod, now residing at Edmon
ton, and were formerly employed by
the Hudson Bay Company, and were
for many years stationed at Fort
Liard. Robert Weir was a young
Scotchman and came to Canada five
years ago.
It Is believed by mining men famili
ar with the Telegraph Creek district
that the two men whose skeletons
were found lost their lives as a result
of a search for a "mountain of gold,"
which has long been a myth of this
district. Whether the men found this
Eldorado and were subsequently mur
dered by Indians or not, will probably
never be ascertained.
The story of this wonderful moun
tain, said to be within 100 miles of
the head of Telegraph Creek, was first
brought out by Sam Gothard, of "Van
couver, B. C who made a thorough
prospect of the district in the early
'80s. Gothard declared he had found a
mountain composed of "rotten" quartz
ore near the creek, and had blazed a
trail to It. Since that time, many men
have perished in the wilderness seek
ing Gothard's fortune, but none have
vet discovered it. It is believed the
McLeod brothers were searching for
this when they met death.
Since finding his alleged bonanza,
Gothard has spent his time trying to
get his claim capitalized, but bis
stories of the vast richness of the ore
have been generally disbelieved.
Josephine Experiments With 23.
GRANTS PAS3, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.)
The County Court of Josephine County
has fixed the levy at ten mills, the school
board at five, and the city at eight,
which gives to the -city and county the
suspicious number "23." Just what effect
this will have upon dilatory taxpayers is
a matter of comment, but as the past
year has been one of general business
prosperity the figures may be a mascot. ,
Tillamook Jjevy 15 Mills.
TILLAMOOK, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.)
The County Court fixed the levy for the
county this afternoon at 15 mills for
county and state. The levy Includes 8
mills for road purposes, which will give
$20,000. Tho County Court Is desirous of
building good roads the coming year.
LANGFORO IKES MATCH
WIMi FIGHT JOHNSON Ftf LON
DON ON MAY 154.
Twenty-Kound Go for $25,000
Purs Before National Club.
Details Not Arranged.
SAN" FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 13. (Spe
cial.) That Sara Langford will likely
meet Jack Johnson In a 20-round contest
before the National Club in London on
May 2i Is announced by Joe Woodman,
manager of the Boston middleweight
He denies, however, that he has signed
articles for the fight, and says that Bat
tison, manager of the famous London
club, will have to make him certain
guarantees before the match Is con
summated. Late yesterday afternoon Woodman
received the following cablegram from
England:
"London, January 12.-tequlre Lang
ford 24th May, Derby week. Battison."
Woodman says Langford will light on
May 24 If the inducements are right, and
they get their transportation and expense
money. He eays, according to a letter
he received from England, the purso has
been raised to J25.000.
Langford and Jackson were negotiating
for a tight last Fall, but this was called
off on account of the Johnson-Burns go
In Australia.
BOUNTY LAW IS ASKED
Deer Being Devastated In Southern
Lane County.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Jan. 13.
(Special.) A petition has been circu
lated here to be presented to the Ore
gon Legislature asking a bounty on
predatory animals that are depopulat
ing the deer at a rapid rate. Twenty
five dollars on a female wolf Is asked.
$20 on a male, and $15 on a cougar.
Timber cruisers In this locality have
during the past two years found hun
dreds of deer caught by these animals.
One cruiser estimates that 20 deer are
killed by wild animals to one killed by
hunters. Wolves and cougars are In
creasing at a rapid rate, and If an ef
fort Is not made quickly to extermi
nate these beasts. It is said, the deer
in Central Oregon will soon be gone.
Gray wolves in large numbers live at
the head of Mosby Creek, 20 miles
southeast of here. Cougars are more
numerous in the Coast Fork Range. 20
miles south of here, and on the Coast
Range, west. These animals are hard
to catch, and dogs will not fight gray
wolves, for one wolf Is capable of light
ing a dozen dogs. The cougars are
cowards and can be treed and shot, but
they are cunning and hard to find.
Rosenthal's great shoe sal" Is on.
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